Gut Altenhof

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Gut Altenhof is an estate in the Schleswig-Holstein community of Altenhof ( Rendsburg-Eckernförde district ). The remains of a moth , a medieval castle complex, have been preserved in the park of the noble estate .

history

Altenhof had been owned by the von Brockdorff family since around 1550 . The first mansion built at that time was probably located on the site of today's south wing. Mette von Brockdorff, née von Rumohr , sold Altenhof to Henning von Reventlow in 1691 .

Henning's son Cay Friedrich von Reventlow (1685–1762) built the core of the current mansion in 1722–1728, after he had previously erected the mighty courtyard buildings. His son Detlev (1710–1783), feudal count since 1767, was Lord Chamberlain and tutor of the Crown Prince and later Danish King Christian VII. In 1773 he negotiated with Tsarina Catherine II about the Treaty of Tsarskoe Selo . His eldest son was Cay Friedrich Graf von Reventlow (1753-1834), who from 1797 to 1802 headed the German Chancellery in Copenhagen, the highest state office in Schleswig-Holstein.

His younger brother Friedrich Karl von Reventlow was Lord of Gut Emkendorf and curator of the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel. Eugen Reventlow (1798–1885), Cay Friedrich's son, was only a Danish diplomat and, after 1848, a Prussian diplomat. He had most of the courtyard buildings still preserved today built on the grounds of the estate.

In the 19th century the mansion was first redesigned in a classical style , then in 1863 in a neo-Gothic style. 1904–1910 the old extensions were replaced by new side wings by the architect Paul Schultze-Naumburg and the entire building was redesigned in a neo-baroque style. In 1938 Marie-Luise von Bethmann Hollweg, née Countess Reventlow, became the owner. Altenhof is still owned by the von Bethmann Hollweg family today . After the Second World War, the manor house was the residence of the British Regional Commissioner (from 1946) and Land Commissioner (from 1949) of Schleswig-Holstein; the office was in the so-called Somerset House in Kiel. The Schleswig provost Reinhard von Kirchbach spent his retirement at Gut Altenhof and was involved in interreligious dialogue from 1976 to 1998 .

The estate's park has been used as a golf course since 1971 and events as part of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival take place on the estate. Due to its size, the manor is often referred to as "Altenhof Castle".

Monument protection

Five buildings belonging to the estate - the manor house, the northern and southern cavalier house, the grain barn and the cow house - are among the protected cultural monuments in Altenhof.

Web links

Commons : Gut Altenhof  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Henning v. Rumohr: Castles and mansions in the Duchy of Schleswig , newly edited. by Cai Asmus v. Rumohr, 1987, Verlag Weidlich Würzburg, 3rd edition, ISBN 3-8035-1302-2 , p. 316
  • Johannes Habich , Deert Lafrenz, Heiko KL Schulze, Lutz Wilde: Castles and manors in Schleswig-Holstein. L&H Verlag, Hamburg 1998, ISBN 978-3-928119-24-5 , p. 94
  • Deert Lafrenz: manors and manors in Schleswig-Holstein . Published by the State Office for Monument Preservation Schleswig-Holstein, 2015, Michael Imhof Verlag Petersberg, 2nd edition, ISBN 978-3-86568-971-9 , p. 37

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gutsgeschichte. Retrieved March 1, 2016 .
  2. ^ Family history. Retrieved March 1, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Directory of the registered cultural monuments of the State of Schleswig-Holstein (except Lübeck)

Coordinates: 54 ° 26 '1 "  N , 9 ° 52' 14.8"  E